ExcludeRule
Date: 2014-12-13

org.apache.ivy.core.module.descriptor

## Interface ExcludeRule

- All Superinterfaces:
    ExtendableItem
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    DefaultExcludeRule

      public interface ExcludeRule
      extends ExtendableItem

  This describes a rule of exclusion. It is used to restrict the artifacts asked for a dependency, by excluding a whole module or some artifacts of a dependency.

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `java.lang.String[]` | `getConfigurations()` Returns the configurations of the module in which the artifact is asked
    `ArtifactId` | `getId()` Returns the id of the described artifact, without revision information
    `PatternMatcher` | `getMatcher()` Returns the matcher to use to know if an artifact match the current descriptor

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.apache.ivy.util.extendable.ExtendableItem

      `getAttribute, getAttributes, getExtraAttribute, getExtraAttributes, getQualifiedExtraAttributes`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getId

          ArtifactId getId()

      Returns the id of the described artifact, without revision information
      Returns:

    - #### getConfigurations

          java.lang.String[] getConfigurations()

      Returns the configurations of the module in which the artifact is asked
      Returns:
        an array of configuration names in which the artifact is asked

    - #### getMatcher

          PatternMatcher getMatcher()

      Returns the matcher to use to know if an artifact match the current descriptor
      Returns: